Car-coupling



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U. LONG & J. J. QUINN.

GAR COUPLING. No. 265,426. Patented 00t.3,.1882.

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URIAH LONG AND JOHN J. QUINN, OF DENVER, COLORADO.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 265,426, dated October3, 1882.

Application filed July 19, 1882.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, URIAH LONG and JOHN JAMES QUINN, of Denver, in thecounty of Arapahoe and State of Oolorado,have invented a new andImproved Oar-Oonpler, of which the following is a full,olear, and exactdescription.

The invention relates to a draw-head pivoted to swing in the horizontalplane, and provided at its outer end with a hook, which draw-head ispressed by a spring in the direction toward that side of the car facedby the hook, and which draw-head can be drawn in the inverse directionof that in which it is pressed by the spring by chains attached to thedraw-head and to shafts.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of our improved carcoupler. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal elevation of the same, showing it coupled to a car providedwith an ordinary draw-head. Fig. 3 is a plan view ot'the same. Fig. 4 isa plan view of an additionalv attachment for coupling it to a carprovided with a draw-head of the usual construction.

A draw-head, A, provided at its outer end with a hook, B,forming arecess in the side of the draw-head at the end, is held to the bottom ofthe car so as to swing in the horizontal plane. A powerful spring, O,fastened to the car and resting against the outer side of the shank ofthe hook, presses the draw-head toward that side of the car toward whichthe opening of the hook faces. A bail, E, having its front endcontracted to tit in the end aperture of an ordinary draw-head, L, ispivoted to the draw-head A to swing in the vertical plane. A chain, F,attached to the draw-head A,is also attached to a vertical shaft, G,journaled in the car-platform or on the end of the car, and provided atits upper end with a handwheel, G. A chain, H, attached to the drawheadA, is attached to a horizontal shaft, J,

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journaled in the car, and provided at the ends projecting from the sidesof the car with handwheels J. A hook-block, K, formed in the same manneras the outer end of the drawhead A, has its rear end contracted to adaptu it to pass into the opening of an ordinary drawhead, L, in which it isheld by a coupling-pin, M.

The operation is as follows: If the cars come together, the swingingdraw-heads are pushed sidewisc, and after their hook ends have passedeach other they are pressed together by the 'sprin gs O, and are thuscoupled automatically. If the cars are to be uncoupled, the draw-headsmust be moved from each other by winding the chains F or H on the shaftG or J, respectively. If desired, the shaft G can be extended to the topof the car-for instance, as in boxoars.

If a car provided with our improved carcoupling is to be coupled to acarprovided with a draw-head, L, of the usual construction, the contractedend of the bail E is passed into the draw-head L, and the pin M ispassed through it; or the block or head K can be coupled to thedraw-head L, and can be engaged with the draw-head A, as shown in Fig.4. The inner end of the recess in the end of the draw-head A, at theside ofthe shank of the hook B, forms a butter for the hook end of theopposite drawhead.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patentv The combination, with a rear pivoted drawhead,A B, of the pivoted bail E, the chain F, the vertical shaft Gr, havinghand-wheel at the upper end, the chain H, and the horizontal shaft J,having hand-wheels J J, whereby the draw-heads may be uncoupled, asdescribed.

URIAH LONG. JOHN JAMES QUINN. Witnesses:

W. W. COVER, W. F. MGOLELLAND.

